Could this be the last ride?

City on the horizon
Originally uploaded by Unknown species

As unbelievable as our weather has been it still came as a pleasant surprise to be out there riding on the twenty-fourth of November. When will the 2009 season be over? I have no idea. All things considered I wouldn't rule out a December ride just yet. I can always dress for the cold just so long as there's no wind. Let's hear it for global warming! If it results in milder and shorter winters, then let's get out there and burn that fossil fuel.

Of things hyped all out of proportion the so-called climate crisis is right up there with H1N1. Are you afraid yet? Watch any of the twenty-four hour news channels. You'd think people were dropping dead of the flu right and left and the bodies were stacking up in the streets the way they go on. Frankly I think you have a better chance of dying from old age while waiting in line for your shot. I seem to remember some other acronym everyone was in a panic over a few years ago--Y2K--talk about a complete nonevent. So far the drunk drivers of the world are still way out front in terms of killing people and we're just coming into their favorite season.

As for the climate change, get used to it. Adapt or die. Yes, the climate has already changed and continues to do so. Yes, it is without a doubt the direct result of manmade emissions. Is there anything we can do about it? Uh, no. Plain and simple answer is that we cannot and will not shut down all carbon dioxide emitters. Nor can carbon capture do more than scratch the surface of what's already there. The climate crisis is a crisis of talk only for no one seems willing to admit there's nothing that can be done. So they talk and as they do the carbon diozide content continues to climb, some of it no doubt due to their lengthly and pointless speeches.

It's all academic anyway since the world's going to end in 2012 according to Hollywood. Being a lover of disaster movies I have no doubt this one will wind up in our collection. As to the prediction itself, at least we won't have to wait very long to find out. Of course this means I only have two more seasons left riding. Darn! I shall miss my bridge and the adjacent pathway once the world is gone. I shall miss all the pretty girls and butterflies.

Everything alive has already either gone into hibernation or flown south except for the geese. The lake and all the little ponds are frozen. The temperature out there was a brisk +3 when I started out at 9 AM. It warmed up to maybe +6 by the time I got back to the car at noon. Still, not bad for the end of November.